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Orbital elements:
2011 KE15                                                Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M  25.91931              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.45329457     Peri.  210.38969     +0.26192498     +0.96473879
a   1.6783494      Node    74.80512     -0.87994812     +0.24978214
e   0.4198949      Incl.    1.54199     -0.39634154     +0.08299374
P   2.17           H   26.9           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - K40

The 11 - 25 metre wide asteroid 2011 KE15 will make a close pass (3.7 lunar distances, 0.0096 AU), travelling at 7.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd June, 2011 @ 14:16 UT ±01:55.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).